Not long ago I was reading through an old 2006 edition of Better Homes and Gardens magazine and I ran across an article on a group of women that gathered annually for a soup exchange. The more I read, the more I realized that I'd love to try to host my own soup exchange. I decided to invite some of my lady friends, asking them to leave the kids at home so we could have a "mommy play date". So I got to work designing invitations using Photoshop.

After designing the invitation to print out on cardstock, I decided I'd better type up an instruction sheet giving details on how my soup exchange would work. If you click on either of the images I'm providing, you should get a larger picture to see more details.

I made a list of friends to invite and came up with about 15 ladies. I narrowed it down to 12 and I'm sending out the invitations today. Now, 12 is probably too many to have at one time for a soup exchange, but I'm guessing that not everyone will be able to make it. I'd be happy to get 5-8 people max. I'm giving everyone plenty of notice by waiting until the first Saturday in November to have my soup exchange.

I hand delivered two of my invitations/instruction sheets and got immediate "yes" responses! Those two friends think it's a wonderful idea and are already plotting what type of soup to bring. I can't wait to see what the others think!

Note: If you're interested in hosting your own soup exchange at your place, let me know and I'd be happy to alter my invitation/instructions to suit your needs and email you the files so that you can print out as many copies as you need.

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